Capitalize

CC-GoE · 03-30-2014, 04:04 AM

HI!
Is it possible to tell Calibre to Capitalize all the book titles in my library?
That is, to give the first letter of each word, a Capital letter:

Hello, What Are You Doing There?

BetterRed · 03-30-2014, 04:12 AM

@CC-GoE - Try select all books, Edit Metadata, check Change title to title case - it's just above Change cover

BR

CC-GoE · 03-30-2014, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@CC-GoE - Try select all books, Edit Metadata, check Change title to title case - it's just above Change cover

BR

Thanks.
I did that but titles are the same.
In particular, I am interested for the words:
"a", "in", "the", "of" etc.
Can they be automatically changed somehow to Capital?

eschwartz · 03-30-2014, 04:53 AM

Because that isn't title case. You can use a regex on the titles, though. Can't remember what the regex is to capitalize a letter at the moment.

chaley · 03-30-2014, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Because that isn't title case. You can use a regex on the titles, though. Can't remember what the regex is to capitalize a letter at the moment.

Python regexps don't have replacement target processing like the ones in VI. However, there is a way to do it using calibre's post processing on search/replace. The idea is to find each word one by one then capitalize that word. 'Twas a bit of a challenge to work it out.

You can see it in the screen capture of the bulk metadata search and replace I used. The text of the regexp in that capture is

Code:

((?<=^)|(?<= ))(.*?)(?= |$)

which means look-behind for a space or the beginning of the text, then match as little as possible until a look-ahead for a space or the end of the text succeeds.

kovidgoyal · 03-30-2014, 06:54 AM

@chaley: You could just use the regex engine's boundary operator.

chaley · 03-30-2014, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@chaley: You could just use the regex engine's boundary operator.

Tried "\b(.*?)\b" and "\b(.*)\b", and they don't work. It seems that the first one should, but I didn't feel like taking the time to work it out why it doesn't.

Ahh ..., "\b(\S*)\b" does work, as does "(\S*)".

03-30-2014, 04:04 AM	#1
CC-GoE Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: none	Capitalize HI! Is it possible to tell Calibre to Capitalize all the book titles in my library? That is, to give the first letter of each word, a Capital letter: Hello, What Are You Doing There?

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03-30-2014, 04:12 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,611 Karma: 29710338 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@CC-GoE - Try select all books, Edit Metadata, check Change title to title case - it's just above Change cover BR

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Because that isn't title case. You can use a regex on the titles, though. Can't remember what the regex is to capitalize a letter at the moment.

03-30-2014, 06:54 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,164 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@chaley: You could just use the regex engine's boundary operator.

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